Jim Shella reports that Democrats are looking to fill approximately a hundred empty precinct committee positions in Marion County.

Those positions would be able to vote in a caucus to select a Democrat to go on the special election ballot should Julia Carson pass away.

If I had to place odds on who they are putting into those precinct committee positions, I would guess the selections will make the coming caucus… shall we say… less competitive than it might otherwise be.

And with Marion County Democrats skirmishing as a part of a deepening civil war, a rigged caucus (or a caucus seen by the losers as rigged) can only make things worse.

Republicans, interestingly, have a similar number of vacancies.

I am sure that Tom John has his own favorite candidate to put up for the 7th District, too.

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